Batesville is the home of South Panola High School, which is a football pipeline to Ole Miss. What does Ole Miss have to do with the gang violence and possible Middle East Terrorism?
Hmmm. Interesting question.
Old Miss students use drugs...Panola County is simply a pipeline itself.
Imagine yourself a punk eighteen-year old kid, who has amassed some fast cash as a dealer somewhere. You know the customer base, and want a simple way to sell drugs. So you pick an old concrete building on a simple two-lane road in a wooded region where customers (your drug base) can drive right up...pump $10 of gas and meet your friendly customer service guy/gal, then drive back to your Old Miss university dorm. Tell dad you need another $500, and he sends the cash to your ATM tonight.
Local cops might figure out some part of this, but your dedication is tempted by the fact that you take home less than $18,000 a year as a local city cop and rely heavily upon some stupid speeding ticket gimmick to pump your salary up each month. Some customer service guy offers a slanted deal that you just stay friendly with his ‘service’ and you get another cash payment of a thousand a month to stay friendly.
Gangs don’t exist...without cash flow. Think about it...name a single gang in the US who survives just on plain regular lifestyles. And I should note....no one today makes any real profit off marijuana sales.